tailieunhanh - A Guide to Graduate Aesthetics in North America

We are Marcia Rackow, an artist, and Arnold Perey, an anthropologist, and are consultants on the faculty of the Aesthetic Realism Foundation. Both of us are honored to have studied with Mr. Siegel whose centenary is being celebrated this year, including in Baltimore, MD where he grew up. His birthday, August 16th , was designated "Eli Siegel Day" by the mayor and by the governor. We're proud to study now in classes taught by Ellen Reiss, the Class Chairman of Aesthetic Realism. We have seen in the fields of the visual arts and anthropology that the understanding Aesthetic Realism provides enables a person to see freshly, vividly,. | A Guide to Graduate Aesthetics in North America Third Edition Edited by Dominic McIver Lopes University of British Columbia 2012 American Society for Aesthetics Contents About the Guide 3 About the ASA 3 Doctoral Programs 4 Master s Programs 15 GUIDE TO GRADUATE AESTHETICS IN NORTH AMERICA 3 About the Guide About the ASA This Guide has been compiled for students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in philosophy with an expertise or competence in aesthetics or the philosophy of art. It s available free of charge at http . In 1998 the American Society for Aesthetics surveyed graduate and undergraduate philosophy departments to determine how many have philosophers of art on staff what aesthetics courses are offered and what demand exists for those courses. It was found that demand for undergraduate aesthetics courses is steady and increasing somewhat and matches demand for core courses that almost one in four departments report an increase in demand for aesthetics at the graduate level and that many departments would like to offer more aesthetics and a substantial proportion have plans to do so. The data for this edition of the Guide were collected in 2012 using a survey sent to every North American graduate philosophy department. Each department was asked to to identify the graduate aesthetics courses it offers any teaching opportunities for graduate students in aesthetics courses and the names and interests of faculty capable of supervising students in aesthetics. Fifty-four departments replied and are represented in the Guide. The information in this Guide has been reported by the departments themselves. It should not be understood to have been endorsed by the ASA nor should it form the sole basis for selecting a graduate program. The American Society for Aesthetics was founded in 1942 to promote study research discussion and publication in aesthetics. The Society meets annually in the fall and its three regional divisions in the .